Since Vendor Security Risk Management is a relatively new field, there are plenty of intricacies to come to terms with. To help your introduction to VRM go a little more smoothly, we have compiled a list of FAQs and tips to get you started.

Security teams understand that developers turn to open source to save time, cut costs, and promote innovation. But getting a handle on the security implications of open source use can be difficult. Learn how to identify security vulnerabilities and monitor your codebase for future security.

Many organizations think they have application security covered, but most security testing tools leave companies exposed. With over 4,000 open source vulnerabilities reported every year, make sure your company’s applications aren’t at risk!

Today, companies are more concerned than ever about software security threats. With some 95 percent of companies relying on open source software, its security is now a critical focus for CEOs, COOs, and boards of directors. Learn which security tools and methodologies are best suited for your organization's environment.

It's important that corporate mobile policies cover everything from what types of devices will be available to users, how and when they can use them, what corporate resources they are able to access and what security measures will be instituted. Furthermore, Mobile managers must not ignore the impact of government regulations and compliance when laying out their corporate mobile policies.

Find out about the challenges companies are encountering in the face of the four Cs: Compliance, Control, Cost and Consumerization. And, learn what businesses can glean from the public sector about best-practice Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM).

The biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry is among the most heavily regulated industries in the world, challenged by evolving regulations, complex compliance requirements and close regulatory scrutiny. At the same time, companies must address the market pressures of globalization, the use of predictive data analytics and digital technologies, and the industry’s ongoing consolidation. In this challenging environment, confidence in internal controls is crucial.

There is no getting away from it – keeping up with compliance and
control is a constant challenge. It is something that is mandated on organizations and in the aftermath of many financial crises there is little sympathy for organizations that do not comply with the demands of their industry regulators.

What’s the best approach to cloud migration? Relying on your cloud service provider for data protection and compliance may not be enough. But, you can’t just write off cloud services due to security concerns. Get solid advice here.

"While free Wi-Fi is ubiquitous in airports, coffee shops, hotels, and other highly trafficked areas, this service is no longer unique to these locales. Guest Wi-Fi is now expected in nearly every industry – but how do you deliver Wi-Fi while enforcing acceptable use policies and meeting compliance regulations?
Dive into the requirements for Wi-Fi security by consulting this brief resource today. Inside, find five essential recommendations to help you make Wi-Fi security your business reality – read on to get started now."

IT Leaders See security as barrier to enabling employees. However with new Business assurance technology you are able to give Continuity, Agility, and Governance. With Blue Coat you can deliver business continuity by protecting against threats and data loss, extend protection and policy to users in any location on any device ,safely deploy and consume all types of applications, align IT infrastructure with business priorities to assure and accelerate user experience across the extended enterprise and make risk management tradeoffs and enforce compliance.

The use of SSL encryption for all enterprise Internet traffic is growing steadily. Applications that make use of SSL – such as SharePoint, Exchange, WebEx, Salesforce.com and Google Apps – are commonplace. Even email applications like Gmail, Yahoo, and Zimbra are being used in workplace environments as hosted email or BYOD apps.
It’s clear that organizations now need complete visibility into the SSL traffic coming across the WAN. They need the ability to preserve complete network and web histories from encrypted network and web traffic for compliance, regulatory and logging requirements. Blue Coat has solutions today to address the SSL dilemma.

Needing to implement a patch management solution to comply with SAS 70, Davidson found the solutions on the market lacking. They either required significant resources to test all patches, or were expensive automated solutions. Then, Davidson learned about Blue Lane Technologies, a concept that Davidson loved.

The healthcare industry has benefited from the breakneck pace of digitization - spanning everything from payments to patient records to X-ray film - but it has also been increasingly exposed to greater risk. Efforts to increase healthcare provider productivity via increased digitization and system interconnectivity have to be counterbalanced against the growing concerns for patient privacy and a backdrop of increasing liability.

Today’s IT environments are so dynamic and complex that traditional manual administration makes it virtually impossible to keep pace with changing business opportunities and challenges, such as scaling to support new applications and users. Manual administration is not just unsustainable—it’s dangerous. Delays in responding to security threats and compliance issues can have devastating effects:
• Security breaches • Failed audits • Financial losses • Loss of customers and reputation • Other serious business consequences
To sustain a high level of security and compliance, IT teams must implement a comprehensive, aggressive automation strategy that establishes and tracks key performance indicators. Automation helps to optimize resources, increase efficiencies, lower costs and improve quality of service. This white paper describes principles and best practices for implementing automation as a strategic asset in the ongoing effort to achieve security and compliance excellence in a dynamic

Listen in as Sentrigo interviews Dr. Charles Popper, who discusses specific data integrity and security requirements for the pharma sector. Dr. Popper will address how to enforce the proper balance of information sharing and database protection, without compromising high-quality research.

The paper discusses the agility enabled by virtualization, the resulting control challenges, and a way to meet those challenges. It describes seven major requirements for success and reviews how the BMC/VMware approach helps IT ensure control over the virtualized data center and maintain compliance with corporate policies and government regulations.

BMC Service Automation automates repetitive, manual tasks (such as provisioning, patching and compliance) to reduce the margin for error, allowing IT to get things done more quickly, and across organizational silos. Software Consultant Ron Coleman provides a demonstration and discusses the key points of Service Automation from BMC Software.

Leading bank shares best practices, results of IT compliance implementation. Zions Bancorporation is a leader in SBA lending, public finance advisory services, and agricultural finance. Which means compliance is critical, both to internal workflows and legal mandates like Sarbanes-Oxley.With nearly 25% of the enterprise virtualized, it became clear to IT leaders at Zions that an advanced solution to IT compliance was required. Attend the webinar.

In this article, customers, analysts and IT experts share strategies to help automate your manual processes and ensure that changes are applied according to configurations - every time. Download the ebook.

Newsletters

DATAVERSITY Education

We use technologies such as cookies to understand how you use our site and to provide a better user experience.
This includes personalizing content, using analytics and improving site operations.
We may share your information about your use of our site with third parties in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
You can change your cookie settings as described here at any time, but parts of our site may not function correctly without them.
By continuing to use our site, you agree that we can save cookies on your device, unless you have disabled cookies.